I admire Cheney for her stance. She deserves all the praise she's getting, and none of the negativity. While I too would not vote for her as president, if she obtained that office I would not worry about our democracy. I hope she goes forward with a successful career after she leaves office. She deserves the praise of the American people, not condemnation.
Well, she lost by 40 points instead of 20, which makes your point all the more salient. Politico had a good piece up about how disciplined the Trump effort to take her out really was, so you know it really mattered to him that his version of reality prevailed.
But it wasn’t real. Liz Cheney’s stand was real. Moral courage is a virtue precisely because it is rare, not because it is common. Such courage is in a regular person is rare; in a politician, unheard of. So whatever is to be her fate, she gets to claim this win for all time.
Damon, as a rhetorician I appreciate your discussion of sophistry. My hero, Isocrates, spent his life railing against the sophistry you describe here. He fought for a politics of virtue, truth, and justice and decried those who sought to use language to distort and misrepresent, to divide and conquer.
I have used to think that Liz Cheney was a smart woman but too conservative from me, her courage and staunch principles impressed me greatly. I have a new admiration for her because she has stuck to her principles in spite of destroying her place in the Republican party. Hopefully there will be a place for her in the Drmocratic Party. An Indepentent Party at this point, will just split the Anti Trump coalition. This coalition is absolutely necessary to prevent the US from being turned into a far right dictatorship.
If Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the votes, Liz Cheney can win as an independent candidate for the presidency.
She's got my vote, and I disagree with her on quite a few issues.
Like never before in American modern history, character matters, and a strong person with high principles is immensely attractive....like a light at the end of a dark tunnel, she beckons.
I admire Cheney for her stance. She deserves all the praise she's getting, and none of the negativity. While I too would not vote for her as president, if she obtained that office I would not worry about our democracy. I hope she goes forward with a successful career after she leaves office. She deserves the praise of the American people, not condemnation.
Biden/Cheney 2024!
Well, she lost by 40 points instead of 20, which makes your point all the more salient. Politico had a good piece up about how disciplined the Trump effort to take her out really was, so you know it really mattered to him that his version of reality prevailed.
But it wasn’t real. Liz Cheney’s stand was real. Moral courage is a virtue precisely because it is rare, not because it is common. Such courage is in a regular person is rare; in a politician, unheard of. So whatever is to be her fate, she gets to claim this win for all time.
Damon, as a rhetorician I appreciate your discussion of sophistry. My hero, Isocrates, spent his life railing against the sophistry you describe here. He fought for a politics of virtue, truth, and justice and decried those who sought to use language to distort and misrepresent, to divide and conquer.
I have used to think that Liz Cheney was a smart woman but too conservative from me, her courage and staunch principles impressed me greatly. I have a new admiration for her because she has stuck to her principles in spite of destroying her place in the Republican party. Hopefully there will be a place for her in the Drmocratic Party. An Indepentent Party at this point, will just split the Anti Trump coalition. This coalition is absolutely necessary to prevent the US from being turned into a far right dictatorship.
If Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the votes, Liz Cheney can win as an independent candidate for the presidency.
She's got my vote, and I disagree with her on quite a few issues.
Like never before in American modern history, character matters, and a strong person with high principles is immensely attractive....like a light at the end of a dark tunnel, she beckons.